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UAMTK 326 |
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8.10.2023. AMTK 326 Charger ALC-42 and AMTK 181 behind it waiting to lead the southbound City of New Orleans. Those of us traveling with scanners were to later discover the two main headlights beneath the windshield on this motor would not operate. We made it as far as Wildwood before Amtrak was able to put the 181 as lead engine. Th process took an agonizing 1.5 hours. |
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8/10/2023 Upload Date: 10/16/2023 3:09:08 PM |
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Chicago Union Station, IL |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 326(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 334 |
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11.1.2023 Ivy, VA at Milepost 189. AMTK 332 Charger on the lead of the westbound Cardinal. It seems that no second locomotive in being required by CSX on long distance trains with this newer model. |
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11/1/2023 Upload Date: 11/2/2023 7:32:41 PM |
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Ivy, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 334(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 310 |
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1.14.2024 Charlottesville, VA. AMTK's latest locomotive model. The Siemens ALC is represented on the #20 Crescent by locomotive #310, placed behind the lead engine AMTK #136. The Crescent would leave on time this morning heading to it final destination of NYP. |
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1/14/2024 Upload Date: 1/15/2024 9:24:24 AM |
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Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 310(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 320 |
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1.26.2024 Afton, VA. AMTK 320 leading the eastbound Cardinal #5025 through Afton as it passes a westbound empty CSX coal train. I heard over the scanner there was to be a meet at Afton. The Cardinal entered the passing track before I could get up to the signal to photograph it there. Though the State of Virginia owns this stretch of the former C&O Mountain Subdivision and it is operated by Buckingham Branch RR, CSX retains trackage rights from Richmond to Clifton Forge. Running empties up and over the mountain lessens the traffic on the James River line. The 5025 is running 23 minutes late.It's westbound counterpart AMTK #5126, is also being led this day by a new Siemens locomotive, AMTK 332. |
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1/26/2024 Upload Date: 1/30/2024 12:07:58 PM |
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Afton, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 320(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 320 |
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1.26.2024 Afton, VA. AMTK 320 leading the eastbound Cardinal #5025 through Afton as it passes a westbound empty CSX coal train. I heard over the scanner there was to be a meet at Afton. The Cardinal entered the passing track before I could get up to the signal to photograph it there. Though the State of Virginia owns this stretch of the former C&O Mountain Subdivision and it is operated by Buckingham Branch RR, CSX retains trackage rights from Richmond to Clifton Forge. Running empties up and over the mountain lessens the traffic on the James River line. The 5025 is running 23 minutes late.It's westbound counterpart AMTK #5126, is also being led this day by a new Siemens locomotive, AMTK 332. |
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1/26/2024 Upload Date: 1/30/2024 1:17:13 PM |
| Location: |
Afton, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 320(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 332 on the Cardinal |
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1.26.2024 Charlottesville. VA. AMTK 332 leading the westbound Cardinal #5126 past signa 184.6l that is labeled correctly. Though we are not at North Mountain proper, wethis section of track from Charlotesville is part of the NOrth Mountain Division. The consist just departed Charlottesville Union Station. These new Siemans locomotives are showing up more frequently on the Cardinal. I was to discover an hour later that on the eastbound counterpart there was Siemens locomotive #320 in the lead. |
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1/26/2024 Upload Date: 1/30/2024 1:20:59 PM |
| Location: |
Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 332(ALC-42) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 335 at close quarters |
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I know.... I was a little late hitting the shutter. At this location, signal 184.6 just west of Charlottesville, they tend to sneak up on ya. Leaving west from Charlottesville Union Station, there is only one road crossing and it is just after the station. So there is no hint of a horn of a fast approaching train until they call the signal on the radio. By then, you get this if not paying attention. The signal is hidden by the fast approaching Cardinal. |
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2/2/2024 Upload Date: 2/3/2024 11:59:07 AM |
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Charlottesville, VA |
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Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 335(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 324 on the Blue Ridge Grade |
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2.16.2024 AMRK 324 on the head-end of the eastbound Cardinal, descending the Blue Ridge Grade toward its next station stop at Charlottesville. To the right is the now sealed portal of the C&O Greenwood Tunnel, completed in the mid 1850s, but abandoned during C&O's ROW re-alignment and infrastructure upgrade project to the Mountain Subdivision in 1947-48. |
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2/16/2024 Upload Date: 2/17/2024 9:16:29 AM |
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Greenwood, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 324(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 331 |
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2.21.2024. At the eastern limits of Charlottesville where MP 180 is located, AMTK 331 leads the westbound Cardinal past signal 180.0 on its way for its stop at Charlottesville Union Station a few miles ahead. |
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2/21/2024 Upload Date: 2/22/2024 10:56:59 AM |
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Charlottesville, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 331(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 174 on the Cardinal |
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2.25.2024 Greenwood, VA. AMTK 174 leading the eastbound Cardinal coming down the Blue Ridge Grade on its way to have a meeting at Ivy with its late running westbound counterpart, train #51. |
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2/25/2024 Upload Date: 2/26/2024 11:59:57 AM |
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Greenwood, VA |
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Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 174(P42DC) |
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AMTK 320 |
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3.15.2024 Afton, VA. This is the approach to Afton - CP East Afton. Back in the C&O days there was a cantilevered signal mast in the right foreground and a much small dwarf signal. AMTK 320 is the power for today's westbound Cardinal making it's way way up the Blue Ridge Grade. |
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3/15/2024 Upload Date: 3/16/2024 9:42:06 AM |
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Afton, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 320(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 342 |
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3.15.2024 Afton, VA. AMTK 342 on the point of the eastbound Cardinal is descending the Blue Ridge in a deep cut just past Afton. |
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3/15/2024 Upload Date: 3/16/2024 9:50:51 AM |
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Afton, VA |
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Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 342(ALC-42) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 320 |
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3.17.2024 The trees are budding out in this late afternoon shot of AMTK 320 passing by the former C&O Depot in Crozet, VA on its way to Charlottesville. This Sunday run from Chicago marks the second consecutive trip that a new Charger locomotive leads the Cardinal in both directions. They are becoming more prominent on this CHI-NYC route. |
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3/17/2024 Upload Date: 3/18/2024 9:09:57 AM |
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Crozet, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 320(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 344 |
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3.17.2024 Mechums River, VA. AMTK 344 leading the westbound Cardinal train #5117 past the siding of an old farming supply warehouse. Here begins the Blue Ridge Grade for the next 13.2 miles up Afton Mountain and through the Blue Ridge Tunnel. |
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3/17/2024 Upload Date: 3/17/2024 2:44:12 PM |
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Mechums River, VA |
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Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 344(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 320 |
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3.29.2024 Afton, VA. Just east of Afton, AMTK #320 on the point of the westbound Cardinal making its way up the Blue Ridge Grade.In the lower right of the shot you can see the vestiges of the former siding that came off the passing track that led up the hill to the former freight station in Afton. |
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3/29/2024 Upload Date: 3/30/2024 1:11:01 PM |
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Afton, VA |
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Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 320(ALC-42) |
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AMTK 341 on the Cardinal |
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AMTK 341 leading the Cardinal past by an old farm supply warehouse on its westbound trek to Chicago. |
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5/8/2024 Upload Date: 5/9/2024 2:47:56 PM |
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Mechums River, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 341(ALC-42) |
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| Title: |
AMTK 341 |
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5.10.2024 Mechums River, VA. AMTK 341 on the lead of the eastbound Cardinal as it passes an old farming supply warehouse. The 341 passed by here 2 days ago on ithe westbound Cardinal to Chicago. It was serviced and turned around in time for Thursday's 5:55 PM departure. |
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5/10/2024 Upload Date: 5/11/2024 10:45:55 AM |
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Mechums River, VA |
| Author: |
Lee Herbert |
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AMTK 341(ALC-42) |
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